Sierra Nevada Space

Sierra nevada s space station cargo resupply contract with nasa stipulates a minimum of six dream chaser flights between 2019 and 2024.
Sierra nevada space. One such habitat from the. With that in mind nasa has been exploring potential space habitats that could serve as a more comfortable home for travelers who will be enduring extended stays in space. The us best managed companies program is sponsored by deloitte private and the wall street journal. The dream chaser cargo system is an american reusable lifting body spaceplane being developed by sierra nevada corporation space systems.
It will be launched vertically on the. May 19 2020 sierra nevada corporation snc the global aerospace and national security leader owned by eren and fatih ozmen has been named a us best managed aerospace defense company for 2020. Snc is headquartered in sparks nevada and has 33 locations in 19 u s. Sierra nevada s slick new space plane ditches capsules for the shuttle route soaring into the wild blue yonder and beyond the planet s only non capsule private orbital spacecraft dream chaser is slated to make its first flight sometime next year shuttling supplies and cargo to the international space station for nasa.
Some of the company s more notable achievements include 400 space missions. Ahead of the first planned launch of its dream chaser spacecraft scheduled for sometime in fall 2021 sierra nevada corp. Originally intended as a crewed vehicle the dream chaser space system to be produced after the cargo variant is operational is capable of carrying up to seven people and cargo to and from low earth orbit. States united kingdom germany and turkey.
Nasa has not formally ordered any flights yet but company. Sierra nevada corporation snc announced july 14 that it won a contract from the defense innovation unit diu for that agency s unmanned orbital outpost which the company described in its. Sierra nevada corporation is best known as a private aerospace and national security contractor but the company is investing heavily in its space systems division especially as it sees nasa and. The cargo dream chaser will resupply the international space station with both pressurized and unpressurized cargo.